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Although a successful writer during his lifetime, there is little concrete information about Ryutei Tanehiko.<br/><br/> Born into a samurai family of lower rank, he began his literary career as a writer of <i>kyoka</i> poetry in the style of Ota Nampo. In 1807 he published the first of a series of <i>gesaku</i> 'playful' or satirical novels. His literary reputation since his death rests on his novel <i>Nise Murasaki inaka Genji</i> (1828), in which he takes up <i>The Tale of Genji</i> theme.